Table 3.

Quantitative analysis of the coexistence between P2Y₁ receptor-ir cells and FSH, PRL, TSH and S100 (the positive cell number/0.36 mm²)

	P2Y+1		P2Y1−
	Number	%	Number	%
FSH+	46 ± 15	90 (p1)	22 ± 8	32 (p9)
FSH−	5 ± 3	10 (P2)	NA	NA
PRL+	0	0 (p3)	52 ± 15	100 (p10)
PRL−	43 ± 10	100 (p4)	NA	NA
TSH+	52 ± 16	93 (p5)	28 ± 10	35 (p11)
TSH−	4 ± 2	7 (p6)	NA	NA
S100+	0	0 (p7)	36 ± 9	100 (p12)
S100−	42 ± 12	100 (p8)	NA	NA

P2Y⁺₁FSH⁺, P2Y₁ receptor-ir cells also expressing FSH; P2Y₁⁺FSH⁻, P2Y₁ receptor-ir cells not expressing FSH; P2Y₁⁻FSH⁺, FSH-ir cells not expressing P2Y₁; P2Y₁⁻FSH⁻, cells expressing neither P2Y₁ receptors nor FSH; NA, not assayed; p1 = number of P2Y⁺₁FSH⁺/total number of P2Y⁺₁ cells × 100; p2 = the number of P2Y⁺₁FSH⁻/total number of P2Y⁺₁ cells × 100; p3 = the number of P2Y⁺₁PRL⁺/total number of P2Y⁺₁ cells × 100; p4 = number of P2Y⁺₁PRL⁻/total number of P2Y⁺₁ cells × 100; p5 = number of P2Y⁺₁TSH⁺/total number of P2Y⁺₁ cells × 100; p6 = number of P2Y^+T₁TSH⁻/total number of P2Y⁺₁ cells × 100; p7 = number of P2Y⁺₁S100⁺/total number of P2Y⁺₁ cells × 100; p8 = the number of P2Y⁺₁S100^–/total number of P2Y⁺₁ cells × 100; p9 = number of FSH⁺ P2Y⁻₁/total number of TSH⁺ cells × 100; p10 = number of PRL⁺P2Y₁⁻/total number of PRL⁺ cells × 100; p11 = number of P2Y₁⁻TSH⁺ cells/total number of TSH⁺ cells × 100; p12 = number of P2Y₁⁻S100⁺ cells/total number of S100⁺ cells × 100